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6/17/2007 Rick Danger: one/two-shot advice
I'd like to get some pointers for running one-shots with Agon. How long do you expect a one-shot to be for Fate to be relevant and for characters to retire?…
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Participants: Rick Danger, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

5/30/2007 Rick Danger: Just read it - a few questions and my first impression
First of all, allow me to congratulate John for his work (his first RPG?). Agon was something I had been looking for and - when Diogo talked about it on…
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Participants: Rick Danger, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

5/24/2007 timmyd: A Non-Island-hopping Campaign?
Has anyone tried to run a campaign (long series of connected quests) outside of the typical Agon "island hopping" paradigm?
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Participants: timmyd, RedPissLegion, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

5/22/2007 Nev the Deranged: Rise of the Argonauts
There's not a lot of info available (for free anyway) on the web about this upcoming game, but the articles I've read sound pretty badass. And, not incidentally, pretty Agonesque.…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper.

5/22/2007 timmyd: Other sources of Quests
I'll admit right off the bat that I have not yet read *all* of the Agon rulebook, and I have not yet ran a game. With that in mind, I…
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Participants: timmyd, RedPissLegion, MikeSands, John Harper.

5/10/2007 claes: Weighted Glory
I've just read through Agon and found it very interesting. Especially the competetive aspect. In may gaming group we'll probably play the game when not all of us can participate…
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Participants: claes, RedPissLegion, thark.

5/9/2007 thark: Agon: Island of Sarakinon
So, as has been mentioned in other places, I'm set to start an Agon run in the near future. We did character creation, achievements and ran a trial combat to…
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Participants: thark, John Harper.

5/2/2007 Grover: Agon Questions
If only one hero is involved in a simple contest does he automatically get a glory point for having the highest score among the heroes? If you call on an…
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Participants: Grover, RedPissLegion.

4/27/2007 Grex: How's Stranger Things coming along?
Can you tell us anything about it?
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Participants: Grex, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, jporrett, Warren.

4/23/2007 RedPissLegion: [agon] Newbie questions on oficial rulings/advices
Hi, I've played Agon once and now I was selected to GM some islands to a group. I plan to post a full AP after we complete the first island.…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Rick Danger, JMendes.

4/23/2007 John Harper: [Build-A-Monster] The Kraken
Let's build a monster. I'll start with a few details. You guys add on. Don't worry about Strife cost for now. We can total it up when we feel like…
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Participants: John Harper.

4/16/2007 Grex: Getting started with Agon -- any advice?
So I'm going to get some Agon going with my friends -- as old-school dungeoneers they seem like the right target demographic, and Agon seems to be all about the…
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Participants: Grex, John Harper.

4/12/2007 Nev the Deranged: Strife and NPCs
So, how do you deal with spending Strife on NPCs before you know how they will be disposed toward the heroes? Should Strife only be spent on definite enemies? Would…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, Skywalker.

4/10/2007 madviking: Fighting Unarmed
We played Agon for the first time a few nights ago. It was a total blast. Some questions did arise, of course and although most have been answered by this…
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Participants: madviking, John Harper.

3/26/2007 Silverback: Shield/Counter designs
Our Agon GM, after seeing what I'd produced, decided it would be a good idea for each player to have their character(s) shield designed and used as a token during…
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Participants: Silverback, John Harper, Nev the Deranged.

3/22/2007 Nev the Deranged: Agon - Oracle idea, looking for feedback
Hiya. Still working on putting together that con scenario. One of the ideas I had was for one of the quests to involve an Oracle on a mountaintop. And of…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Mel_White, Noclue.

3/15/2007 Banesfinger: Game Design
Hello John Harper Can you tell us what games (if any) inspired your Agon game mechanic (e.g., Savage Worlds uses a similar dice mechanic). Did you try other dice mechanics…
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Participants: Banesfinger.

3/14/2007 Banesfinger: Assigning Battle dice
Wow - not sure what happened when I posted this the first time - it said the server was unavailible, yet posted several times???? Webmaster please delete the other posts!…
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Participants: Banesfinger, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

3/10/2007 NathanFrund: Stats: Leonidas & Dienekes
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=315936 I posted stats over at rpg.net in response to John's thread.  Take a peek and make recommendations for tweaks/changes.
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Participants: NathanFrund.

3/2/2007 NathanFrund: Sooooooo. The 300 starts this weekend.
John, I seem to recall you mentioning a while back that you were going to release writeups for the battle of Thermopylae.  You still have plans for that?
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Participants: NathanFrund, John Harper.

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6/19/2007 Rich Stokes: Gearing up for a game after a while: A few questions!
I'm gearing up for a new Agon game starting tonight and while I've read the book and played out some simple contests and a couple of battles, I'm still having…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, Camtha, John Harper.

7/20/2007 ( o Y o ): How balanced is the Spending Strife: Simple Contests?
Hi! We played Agon for four evenings and most of the time we had mucho fun! To end our latest quest we had to plug (to occlude?) a whole vulcan…
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Participants: ( o Y o ), demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

9/4/2007 Brendan Day: [Agon] defensive dice for minions who gang up
I played the game a few months ago and loved it.  I'll be running an island at some point in the future, and I'm not sure how many defensive dice…
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Participants: Brendan Day, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

9/5/2007 RedPissLegion: [Agon] Runing demos
Howdy, I’m currently running a series of monthly demos in my home town of Lisbon, Portugal with a friend of mine. We’ve been balancing things and showing a lot of…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

9/8/2007 Ludanto: Minion Strife Costs/Glory Awards and Positioning Ties
If I make a 5-point minion, and bring 3 of them into play, that's 7 Strife, right? Now, what if later, in a different battle, I bring in 2 more? …
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Participants: Ludanto, John Harper.

9/24/2007 John Harper: Shield Ability: What it's good for
You can use the Shield ability to defend other people. The book doesn't explain this, which is totally my fault. Every ability in Agon has its own "special thing" right?…
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Participants: John Harper, Marhault, Mel_White, NathanFrund, Troll66, Aaron, Ben Robbins, skyla, Particle_Man.

10/24/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - Let's talk about balance
Hi John, Would you mind lifting the hood a bit on your decision to not include a mechanic to give the GM more Strife as the Heroes improve? Thanks, Darcy
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

11/5/2007 Miskatonic: Homer quotes
Hi, From which translation of the Odyssey did you pull the quotes in Agon? They're quite nice.
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Participants: Miskatonic, Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

11/9/2007 Aaron: New game
Hi everyone, So I'm going to be starting my first Agon campaign shortly, but it looks like I might only have three players.  Do those with experience think this is…
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Participants: Aaron, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, NathanFrund.

11/22/2007 Aaron: Creative Abilities
I was looking through some old threads where an option was proposed of taking a +1 for using a creative ability as opposed to just adding and creative ability die…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper.

11/23/2007 Troll66: Demo or newbie adventure
hello folks first post. I am keen to get a game of Agon underway. What I am in need of is an adventure to run with 2-4 players as a…
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Participants: Troll66, Mel_White.

11/30/2007 Troll66: Some Agon questions
hello I have a couple of Agom questions and would appreciate any help...ere goes: 1) p 44 if heroes want to set starting conditions for a battle - what conditions…
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Participants: Troll66, Mel_White, John Harper, Noclue.

12/1/2007 Troll66: Hubris has me stumped
hello how do you use hubris - i confess it has me a little stumped as to how what and why it can be used? The main 'problem' i have…
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Participants: Troll66, rafial, John Harper.

12/3/2007 Ignus: A question regarding Shields + Divine Weapons
Hi there. Just started a campaign of Agon with my gaming group and we're loving it so far. Refreashing, I think, was their comment. Anyhoo, I think we've got the…
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Participants: Ignus, Mel_White.

12/4/2007 Aaron: Advantages and other things
We had our first game of Agon on the weekend and it was pretty successful.  There were a few things that I wasn't sure about though. I had a group…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper.

12/6/2007 Aaron: Minions ganging up
I had a listen to the voice recording of play in the 'links to actual play" thread and really enjoyed hearing those guys playing.  It was especially interesting and entertaining…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/9/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] slayer hero vs minions
First off we've played three quests of Agon and we love's it. Really nice job of balancing all the mechanics. Question: How does the damage bonus for Monster-Slayer/Beast-Slayer/Man-Slayer work versus…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/11/2007 Ignus: Viking Agon
Hi there. Been playing Agon with my group for a short time now and loving it. However, it came to our attention that Agon is just as easily a Viking…
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Participants: Ignus, Mel_White, John Harper.

12/12/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Strife limit for encounters vs NPCs
So there's a Strife limit to making a particular NPC (16 for d6 Name heroes). Does that also limit a particular encounter? Can my Strife 16 sorceress have a bunch…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

12/14/2007 John Harper: Rules Refresher
I've noticed a few irregularities in rules applications in AP reports and recordings, so I thought I would collect a few notes here as a refresher. I realize that Agon…
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Participants: John Harper, Mel_White, demiurgeastaroth.

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